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Introduction to the Heliopause

Introduction to the Heliopause
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Animation/Visualization
  • Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 2.2 – The Sun defines the space…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Heliosphere
  • Interstellar Space
  • Solar System
Heliophysics Missions
  • IBEX
  • Voyager
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

In these videos, Dr. Merav Opher explain what we know about the heliopause, that distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar medium. Many of the images that appear in this viewer are "near-real time" and come from a variety of NASA Missions, including the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and Voyager.

View and download the videos here